Builder Quotes
From people who actually built things.
Strict curation: only quotes from people who shipped real products, real companies, or real ideas. Each annotated with what it means in practice for solo founders. No Tony Robbins. No recycled BrainyQuote slop.
Real artists ship.
The whole game in five words. The only thing that turns "wantrepreneur" into "operator" is the day you actually publish the URL.
If you're not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late.
The corollary nobody states: most "polish" is procrastination wearing a turtleneck. Ship the V1 you're slightly embarrassed by, then iterate in public.
Done is better than perfect.
I keep this above my desk. Every project I've killed died of perfection, not of bugs.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
Not a builder, but the principle is identical. Velocity compounds; planning does not.